History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de Witte de Haelen

In Dutch: de Witte de Haelenstraat

Rue de Witte de Haelen, in Brussels, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 27 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 43% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. More than three quarters appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18796
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 1: 1921.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: First World War
Named in: 1919

La rue doit son nom au général Léon de Witte (1857-1933), vainqueur à Haelen lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. D'abord rue de Haelen (1919) puis rue de Witte de Haelen (1933) (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives